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What's Hot. Country's T. More In World News. De Klerk Dies. Many congregations are like-minded or have similar ministries, but each is distinct in one respect or another. Many groups of religious men and women were founded at a time when travel and communication were limited. New communities continue to be formed today in response to God calling men and women to particular forms of spirituality, community, and mission. How would I know which religious community is best for me?
Religious communities share so much in common with each other, and yet, each one has its own unique spirit or charism. Hand in hand with your outer journey exploring various religious communities, will be your inner journey of identifying your own unique spirit. When you find the community you feel especially drawn to, you will have found something of yourself. You see, the spirit of those community members is the same spirit that has been present within you all through your life.
How do you join a religious community? The process of joining a religious community actually takes some time and involves several stages. The formation program is usually very flexible. The person may meet monthly with a priest, brother, or sister and share in experiences of prayer and community life.
Candidate or Postulant: This period enables the candidate to observe and participate in religious life from the inside. He or she must indicate interest and have the community agree to accept him or her as a person in the process of joining. The candidate lives within the community while continuing his or her education or work experience.
This period enables the candidate to observe and participate in religious life. A person may be a candidate for one or two years. Novice: The novitiate is the next stage of formation. This is a special one-to-two-year period that marks a more official entrance into a community. Novices spend time in study and prayer to learn more about themselves, the community, and their relationship with Jesus.
At the end of the novitiate, novices prepare for temporary promises, or vows. Vows : Promises of poverty, celibacy, and obedience may be taken for one, two, or three years, depending upon the decision of the individual. These promises are renewable for up to nine years. As soon as three years after making temporary vows, a person can make a promise to live the vows for life. Can priests, brothers, and sisters date? However, we very much want and need friendships, and we have friends of both sexes.
Are you ever attracted to others in a romantic way? Of course! We still experience normal human needs, feelings, and desires. As celibate people we choose to channel these feelings — our sexual energies — into other healthy directions. We work at remaining faithful to our vow of celibacy through prayer, closeness to Jesus, good friendships, and healthy physical exercise. What if you fall in love?
It does happen. We try to develop the relationship within the limits and responsibilities of our commitment to celibacy. Obviously, falling in love can be a very difficult situation for a sister, priest, or brother. Yet we know that all Christians eventually face pain and difficulty in their lives. Dealing with such a challenge can make us stronger than ever in our vocations.
Do you have to be a virgin to be a brother, sister, or priest? This is a common question we hear from young people! Past sexual activity does not in itself prevent someone from becoming a brother, sister, or priest. If it were, men and women who were once married could not become priests, brothers, or sisters and they do. The question is whether a person is willing and able to now live and love as a celibate in the service of others. Some of the great saints — Saint Augustine and Saint Francis of Assisi for example — made other choices before turning to religious life.
Can I still be a priest, sister, or brother if I have personal debts? Usually dioceses and religious congregations require applicants to resolve any personal debts or liabilities before entering a formation program.
Many, however, will make exceptions for student loans and will have specific policies regarding a plan for fair and just payment.
If someone has a history of excessive spending and accumulated personal debts, especially credit-card related, the person is usually asked to consider seriously his or her ability to live a life of simplicity inherent to a religious vocation. Those who wear habits or clerical collars do so for various reasons. One is that religious dress is a sign that may be instantly recognized as a symbol of faith in God and commitment to Christianity.
Another frequent rationale is that religious clothing is simple dress and therefore a way to live out the vow of poverty. A sister, brother, or priest who wears religious garb may own a few changes of clothing and be free of the expense of a more contemporary wardrobe.
Many communities wear street clothes, preferring to make their lifestyle, rather than their clothing, their main outward sign of faith. They feel religious dress may create a barrier between them and other people.
Am I holy enough to become a religious? Still, we are all sinners. But, Jesus always surrounded himself with sinners!
His 12 apostles were far from being perfect! Our Lord can and does call generous, faithful and imperfect persons to grow in holiness as married, single, priests or religious. God loves and calls us just the way we are. Will I be lonely as a religious? Extended loneliness occurs when a person is disconnected from others and does not have close, healthy relationships with other people.
Because of the nature of our work, religious brothers and sisters have numerous occasions to develop life-long friendships with other men and women. The idea that religious life is lonelier than other professions or vocations is false.
Why should I consider the possibility of becoming a religious brother or sister? If this change is emotional, it is especially important to meet with a psychotherapist or sex therapist to discuss why the sudden shift in libido.
A history of trauma, depression, anxiety or struggles with intimacy issues can cause a person to turn off sexually. Again, any of these medical or emotional issues are different then asexuality. So what does this mean for your romantic relationships? There are many different ways to have a relationship if you are asexual. There are some people who choose to not have any sexual contact at all.
There are others who opt to have sexual experiences with their partner in order to please that person. Many asexual people want to experience intimacy of some sort in a connected relationship.
Intimacy is who you text at 3 a. Intimacy is giving someone your attention when 10 other people are asking for it. Intimacy is the person who is in the back of your mind, no matter how distracted you are. Is it okay for someone who does not feel sexual desire to give in to having sex with a partner? That all depends on how they feel about it. If it is unpleasant or negative, that can be unhealthy and create resentment. There are some asexual people who are in relationships with sexual people who opt to have an open relationship.
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